how to require from URL in Node.js

Question

Is there a standard way to require a Node module located at some URL (not on the local filesystem)?

Something like:

require(\'http://example.com/node         


        

Answer 1

0 dependency version (node 6+ required, you can simply change it back to ES5)

const http = require('http'), vm = require('vm');

['http://example.com/nodejsmodules/myModule.js'].forEach(url => {
    http.get(url, res => {
        if (res.statusCode === 200 && /^text\/javascript/.test(res.headers['content-type'])) {
            let rawData = '';
            res.setEncoding('utf8');
            res.on('data', chunk => { rawData += chunk; });
            res.on('end', () => { vm.runInThisContext(rawData, url); });
        }
    });
});

It is still the asynchronous version, if sync load is the case, a sync http request module for example should be required